A terrible accident left Cindy immobilised, but her forgiveness has given her family hope.
Jerry Donald gently combs his beautiful daughter Cindy’s hair before he places her toothbrush in her hand so that she can try to brush her teeth.
Like any dad, Jerry loves his daughter desperately — and since Cindy was paralysed from the chest down in a freak accident, they’ve grown closer. Amazing, you might think, when you learn it was Jerry who ran over Cindy while she sunbathed at home.
‘It’s not his fault’
“I will never blame my dad for what happened,” says Cindy, 25. “I know he has to live with what he did for the rest of his life, and I hate that he has that burden on his shoulders.
“He’s still the wonderful father he was before this.”
It was a sunny day on March 25, 2005 when Cindy, a student, was sunbathing on a weekend at home from university. As she lay on the driveway in her bikini, she chatted with her friend Ashley.
Then Jerry, 55, pulled up after coming home from work for lunch.
“Suddenly, I felt the most excruciating pain in my neck and head,” Cindy says. “Dad hadn’t seen me…”
Read the full story in Woman’s Day (on-sale September 29, 2008)
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